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Designing
and
Administering
Benefits
Overview of benefits
Benefit strategy
Benefits:
Important to employees
Powerful recruiting tool
Help retain talented employees
Some affect managerial decisions
(e.g. leave policies)
Important to managers
Contributions
Coinsurance
Copayment
Deductible
Flex/cafeteria
benefits
program
Unemployment Insurance
Actively seeking work
Left job involuntarily
Supplemental unemployment benefits
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Legally Required Benefits
Workers Compensation
Claims and premiums steadily rising
Employers fighting back
Role of HR:
o Stress safe work procedures
o Adoption of a child
Health Insurance
COBRA of 1985
HIPAA
o Portability
o Accountability
Traditional Health Insurance
Health Maintenance Organization
(HMO)
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
Cost containment
Develop self-funded arrangement
Coordinate health insurance in families
with two working spouses
Develop a wellness program
Benefits Communication
Programs increasingly
complex
Employees need to
understand value of
benefits